Sex workers and power relations in the field of prostitution

Authors

  • Miguel Ángel del Olmo Morales UNED Ciudad Real

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/rae.v21.5259

Keywords:

Prostitution, Power, Sex Workers, Gender, Sexuality

Abstract

It is presumed, according to a victimizing conception, that the social relations established by sex workers are always asymmetric and imposed by the other actors involved in prostitution. However, the power relations established in the field of prostitution function as in any other social sphere. Sex workers design and accomplish all kinds of strategies and resistances to obtain the greatest benefit in the power relations they establish with their clients. The seduction, the selection and the election of the clients, together with the experience and accumulated knowledge, empowers the sex workers for the negotiation and the achievement of their objectives, creating an image which shows that the sex workers have much more power than they are attributed.

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Published

2021-09-06

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Miscellaneous Articles

How to Cite

Sex workers and power relations in the field of prostitution. (2021). Antropología Experimental, 21, 107-120. https://doi.org/10.17561/rae.v21.5259

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